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Jersey Number 21
Brooke Yanez
- Position:
- Pitcher
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sixth Year
- B/T:
- R/L
- High School:
- Buena HS
- Hometown:
- Ventura, Calif.
- Previous School:
- Oregon
Bio
Career Highlights
• 2-time All-Pac-12 honoree (First Team - 2021; Second Team - 2023)
• NFCA Third Team All-American (2021)
• 2-time Softball America Second Team All-American (2020, 2019)
• 2-time NFCA All-Region First Team honoree (West - 2023; Pacific - 2021)
• Big West Pitcher of the Year (2019)
• Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year (2018)
• 2-time NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (last May 11, 2021)
• 4-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (last March 13, 2023)
2023
Yanez earned All-Pac-12 First Team and NFCA West All-Region First Team acclaim in her one season as a Bruin … posted a 16-3 record with a 1.99 earned run average and 115 strikeouts over 126.2 innings pitched … ranked fourth in the Pac-12 in ERA, sixth in wins and eighth in strikeouts … pitched nine complete games and four shutouts … went 9-0 to start the year before picking up her first loss on March 17 … most impressive performance of the season was a complete-game shutout with six strikeouts over No. 7 Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals (May 12) … allowed two runs or fewer across five innings in 12 of her 24 starts … earned Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week after picking up two wins at California, scattering just one run and four hits across 11.0 innings in her two starts (March 10 and 12) … pitched six shutout innings and struck out seven in a win over Nebraska at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational (Feb. 16) … struck out nine and allowed one earned run over 5.0 innings in a win over No. 18 Kentucky at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 24) … pitched a complete game and allowed just one run off two hits versus No. 19 Northwestern at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 25) … replicated that performance with a complete-game in her next start versus UCF at the Judi Garman Classic, allowing one run off two hits (March 3) … gave up just one hit in five shutout innings in her game one start at California (March 10) … after walking four batters in the first inning of game three at California, she turned in five scoreless frames in a complete-game victory (March 12) … earned the save in game three versus No. 6 Stanford (April 2) … pitched a one-hit shutout and struck out four in game one versus Oregon State (April 7) … struck out six in a complete-game victory versus Arizona State (April 22) … scattered three hit over six innings in a win at No. 23 Utah (April 29) … pitched 6.2 innings and tied a season high with nine strikeouts in a losing effort versus Liberty in the NCAA Regional round (May 20) … finished her collegiate career ranked seventh on the NCAA’s active strikeout list (940) and 10th on the active wins list (86).
Oregon (2020-22)
Yanez played two seasons and missed the entirety of the 2022 season due to injury prior to transferring to UCLA … totaled a 31-7 record with 16 complete games and 362 strikeouts over 245.0 innings of work in her Duck career … earned a NFCA Third Team All-American and All-Pac-12 First Team honors in 2021, going 22-6 with a 2.11 earned run average and finished second in the conference with 268 strikeouts … tossed seven shutouts in 2021 … upset the No. 1 Bruins with 10 strikeouts and allowing just one run on Feb. 28, 2021 … threw another shutout against the Bruins on April 9 with eight strikeouts and allowing just three baserunners (two hits and a walk) … matched an Oregon NCAA Tournament record with 14 strikeouts versus Texas State in Regionals (May 22, 2021) … finished 2021 with a 6-1 record and 1.35 ERA over her last 10 appearances … named the NFCA National Pitcher of the Week on May 11, 2021 after striking out 24 over 18.2 innings against Arizona … prior to the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020, Yanez went 9-1 with a 1.56 ERA over 62.2 innings.
UC Davis (2018-19)
Yanez was named the Big West Pitcher of the Year as a sophomore in 2019 ... earned Softball American Second Team All-American recognition ... selected to the NFCA West All-Region First Team ... posted a 25-7 record and ranked fourth in the nation with a 1.03 ERA and seventh nationally with 273 strikeouts across 203.2 innings pitched ... held opposing hitters to just a .179 batting average and surrendered only five home runs and 67 walks ... tossed a no-hitter against Cal Poly on April 14, 2019 ... threw a perfect game and struck out 10 versus Sacramento State on March 12, 2019 … burst onto the collegiate scene as a freshman in 2018, going 15-11 with a 1.75 ERA and 190 strikeouts in 187.2 innings while earning Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year honors ... owns a 40-18 career record and a 1.38 ERA with 463 strikeouts in 391.1 innings pitched.
Buena High School
Yanez was a four-year letterwinner at Buena High School in Ventura, California … honored as the CIF Division IV Player of the Year her senior season … a four-time Pacific View League First Team selection … went a perfect 19-0 with a 0.58 earned run average and 214 strikeouts her senior season en route to earning Pacific View League MVP honors.
Personal
Born Brooke Nicole Yanez in Santa Paula, Calif. …parents are Camille and Brian Yanez … has one sister, Aleesa … has one brother, Brian Jr. … decided to attend UCLA because she “wanted to be pushed as an athlete and work with the best coaches and players in the country” … greatest athletic thrill was defeating Texas in walk-off fashion with Oregon to force an if-necessary game in the 2021 Austin Regional … famous athletes she admires are Lisa Fernandez and Kobe Bryant … hobbies include going to the beach and spending time with family and friends … favorite baseball team is the Los Angeles Dodgers … her grandfather played Major League Baseball … her cousin is UFC fighter Kendall Grove … favorite shows include “New Girl” and “Vampire Diaries” … favorite move is How the Grinch Stole Christmas … is enrolled in UCLA’s extension program Business and Management of Entertainment … pursuing a career in the sports industry upon graduation.
Brooke Yanez's Game Highs at UCLA (2023)
Brooke Yanez's Game Highs at Oregon (2020-22)
Brooke Yanez's Game Highs at UC Davis (2018-19)
Brooke Yanez's Career Pitching Statistics (2018-19 at UC Davis; 2020-21 at Oregon)
Brooke Yanez's Career No-Hitters (2 solo) & Perfect Games* (1 solo)
4/14/19 vs. Cal Poly (7.0 IP, 7 K, 2 BB)
3/12/19 vs. Sacramento State* (7.0 IP, 10 K)
• 2-time All-Pac-12 honoree (First Team - 2021; Second Team - 2023)
• NFCA Third Team All-American (2021)
• 2-time Softball America Second Team All-American (2020, 2019)
• 2-time NFCA All-Region First Team honoree (West - 2023; Pacific - 2021)
• Big West Pitcher of the Year (2019)
• Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year (2018)
• 2-time NFCA National Pitcher of the Week (last May 11, 2021)
• 4-time Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week (last March 13, 2023)
2023
Yanez earned All-Pac-12 First Team and NFCA West All-Region First Team acclaim in her one season as a Bruin … posted a 16-3 record with a 1.99 earned run average and 115 strikeouts over 126.2 innings pitched … ranked fourth in the Pac-12 in ERA, sixth in wins and eighth in strikeouts … pitched nine complete games and four shutouts … went 9-0 to start the year before picking up her first loss on March 17 … most impressive performance of the season was a complete-game shutout with six strikeouts over No. 7 Stanford in the Pac-12 Tournament semifinals (May 12) … allowed two runs or fewer across five innings in 12 of her 24 starts … earned Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week after picking up two wins at California, scattering just one run and four hits across 11.0 innings in her two starts (March 10 and 12) … pitched six shutout innings and struck out seven in a win over Nebraska at the TaxAct Clearwater Invitational (Feb. 16) … struck out nine and allowed one earned run over 5.0 innings in a win over No. 18 Kentucky at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 24) … pitched a complete game and allowed just one run off two hits versus No. 19 Northwestern at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic (Feb. 25) … replicated that performance with a complete-game in her next start versus UCF at the Judi Garman Classic, allowing one run off two hits (March 3) … gave up just one hit in five shutout innings in her game one start at California (March 10) … after walking four batters in the first inning of game three at California, she turned in five scoreless frames in a complete-game victory (March 12) … earned the save in game three versus No. 6 Stanford (April 2) … pitched a one-hit shutout and struck out four in game one versus Oregon State (April 7) … struck out six in a complete-game victory versus Arizona State (April 22) … scattered three hit over six innings in a win at No. 23 Utah (April 29) … pitched 6.2 innings and tied a season high with nine strikeouts in a losing effort versus Liberty in the NCAA Regional round (May 20) … finished her collegiate career ranked seventh on the NCAA’s active strikeout list (940) and 10th on the active wins list (86).
Oregon (2020-22)
Yanez played two seasons and missed the entirety of the 2022 season due to injury prior to transferring to UCLA … totaled a 31-7 record with 16 complete games and 362 strikeouts over 245.0 innings of work in her Duck career … earned a NFCA Third Team All-American and All-Pac-12 First Team honors in 2021, going 22-6 with a 2.11 earned run average and finished second in the conference with 268 strikeouts … tossed seven shutouts in 2021 … upset the No. 1 Bruins with 10 strikeouts and allowing just one run on Feb. 28, 2021 … threw another shutout against the Bruins on April 9 with eight strikeouts and allowing just three baserunners (two hits and a walk) … matched an Oregon NCAA Tournament record with 14 strikeouts versus Texas State in Regionals (May 22, 2021) … finished 2021 with a 6-1 record and 1.35 ERA over her last 10 appearances … named the NFCA National Pitcher of the Week on May 11, 2021 after striking out 24 over 18.2 innings against Arizona … prior to the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020, Yanez went 9-1 with a 1.56 ERA over 62.2 innings.
UC Davis (2018-19)
Yanez was named the Big West Pitcher of the Year as a sophomore in 2019 ... earned Softball American Second Team All-American recognition ... selected to the NFCA West All-Region First Team ... posted a 25-7 record and ranked fourth in the nation with a 1.03 ERA and seventh nationally with 273 strikeouts across 203.2 innings pitched ... held opposing hitters to just a .179 batting average and surrendered only five home runs and 67 walks ... tossed a no-hitter against Cal Poly on April 14, 2019 ... threw a perfect game and struck out 10 versus Sacramento State on March 12, 2019 … burst onto the collegiate scene as a freshman in 2018, going 15-11 with a 1.75 ERA and 190 strikeouts in 187.2 innings while earning Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year honors ... owns a 40-18 career record and a 1.38 ERA with 463 strikeouts in 391.1 innings pitched.
Buena High School
Yanez was a four-year letterwinner at Buena High School in Ventura, California … honored as the CIF Division IV Player of the Year her senior season … a four-time Pacific View League First Team selection … went a perfect 19-0 with a 0.58 earned run average and 214 strikeouts her senior season en route to earning Pacific View League MVP honors.
Personal
Born Brooke Nicole Yanez in Santa Paula, Calif. …parents are Camille and Brian Yanez … has one sister, Aleesa … has one brother, Brian Jr. … decided to attend UCLA because she “wanted to be pushed as an athlete and work with the best coaches and players in the country” … greatest athletic thrill was defeating Texas in walk-off fashion with Oregon to force an if-necessary game in the 2021 Austin Regional … famous athletes she admires are Lisa Fernandez and Kobe Bryant … hobbies include going to the beach and spending time with family and friends … favorite baseball team is the Los Angeles Dodgers … her grandfather played Major League Baseball … her cousin is UFC fighter Kendall Grove … favorite shows include “New Girl” and “Vampire Diaries” … favorite move is How the Grinch Stole Christmas … is enrolled in UCLA’s extension program Business and Management of Entertainment … pursuing a career in the sports industry upon graduation.
Brooke Yanez's Game Highs at UCLA (2023)
| INNINGS PITCHED | 7.0, Three Times (last vs. Stanford, 5/12/23) |
| STRIKEOUTS | 9, Two Times (last vs. Liberty, 5/20/23) |
Brooke Yanez's Game Highs at Oregon (2020-22)
| INNINGS PITCHED | 8.0, at Texas (5/23/21) |
| STRIKEOUTS | 17, vs. BYU (2/7/20) |
Brooke Yanez's Game Highs at UC Davis (2018-19)
| INNINGS PITCHED | 12.0, vs. Long Beach State (5/5/18) |
| STRIKEOUTS | 18, at Hawai'i (5/9/19) |
Brooke Yanez's Career Pitching Statistics (2018-19 at UC Davis; 2020-21 at Oregon)
| YEAR | ERA | W-L | APP | GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | BF | BAVG | WP | HBP |
| 2018 | 1.75 | 15-11 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 187.2 | 122 | 56 | 47 | 66 | 190 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 776 | .184 | 13 | 20 |
| 2019 | 1.03 | 25-7 | 35 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 203.2 | 128 | 44 | 30 | 67 | 273 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 817 | .179 | 13 | 16 |
| UCD TOT | 1.38 | 40-18 | 64 | 54 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 391.1 | 250 | 100 | 77 | 133 | 463 | 38 | 6 | 14 | 1593 | .181 | 26 | 40 |
| 2020 | 1.56 | 9-1 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62.2 | 37 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 94 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 250 | .172 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2.11 | 21-5 | 37 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 182.1 | 122 | 62 | 55 | 49 | 268 | 18 | 4 | 19 | 733 | .185 | 9 | 16 |
| ORE TOT | 1.97 | 30-6 | 52 | 39 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 245.0 | 159 | 78 | 69 | 69 | 362 | 26 | 6 | 23 | 983 | .182 | 14 | 23 |
| 2023 | 1.99 | 16-3 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 126.2 | 81 | 44 | 36 | 33 | 115 | 9 | 2 | 17 | 511 | .175 | 5 | 8 |
| TOTALS | 1.67 | 86-27 | 146 | 117 | 73 | 21 | 6 | 763.0 | 490 | 222 | 182 | 235 | 940 | 73 | 14 | 54 | 3087 | .180 | 45 | 71 |
Brooke Yanez's Career No-Hitters (2 solo) & Perfect Games* (1 solo)
4/14/19 vs. Cal Poly (7.0 IP, 7 K, 2 BB)
3/12/19 vs. Sacramento State* (7.0 IP, 10 K)
UCLA Softball Postgame - Coach Inouye-Perez & Players, vs. Tennessee (June 1, 2025)
Sunday, June 01
UCLA Softball Postgame - Coach Inouye-Perez & Players, vs. Texas Tech (May 31, 2025)
Saturday, May 31
Highlights - UCLA Softball vs. Oregon (May 29, 2025)
Thursday, May 29
UCLA Softball Postgame - Coach Inouye-Perez & Players, vs. Oregon (May 29, 2025)
Thursday, May 29
